When I was 16 years of age, we heard a Strange Rumor among the English, that there were Extraordinary Ministers preaching from Place to Place and Strange Concern among the White People. This was in the Spring of the Year. ..... After I was awakened & converted, I went to all the meetings, I could come at; & Continued under Trouble of Mind about 6 months; at which time I began to Learn the English letters; got me a Primer, and used to go to my English Neighbours frequently for Assistant in reading.....

ELIZABETHAN ERA

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“When I was 16 years of age, we heard a Strange Rumor among the English, that there were Extraordinary Ministers preaching from Place to Place and Strange Concern among the White People. This was in the Spring of the Year. ____ After I was awakened & converted, I went to all the meetings, I could come at; & Continued under Trouble of Mind about 6 months; at which time I began to Learn the English letters; got me a Primer, and used to go to my English Neighbours frequently for Assistant in reading____”

A	Samson Occcum
B	John Winthrop
C	Benjamin Franklin
D	Mayflower Compact

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Occom wrote “A Short Narrative of My Life” in 1768 as a defense against the criticisms and personal attacks he withstood after his quarrel with Wheelock. In it, he seeks to prove the authenticity of both his spirituality and his Indian identity, as well as to expose the injustices he suffered at the hands of whites.

Detailed explanation-2: -Occom died on July 14, 1792, in New Stockbridge.

Detailed explanation-3: -Born in a wigwam on Mohegan land, Samson Occom (1723-1792) was one of the first ordained Christian Indian ministers. Occom’s popularity as an eloquent teacher and spiritual leader grew with Indians over a large part of New England. To accommodate this interest, he decided to form a New England Christian Indian School.

Detailed explanation-4: -Poverty plagued Occom all his life. He felt he was being treated differently because of his race-particularly after he was ordained (officially appointed with ministerial or priestly authority) in 1759 and learned that another young minister was granted 180 pounds annually.

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